Profiles of disciplined educators

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Aug 22, 2011 at 12:01 AMAug 22, 2011 at 4:08 PM

Richard G. Brill

Date of birth: May 21, 1964

School: Canal Winchester High School

Job: vocational-education teacher

Allegation: Brill, an agriculture teacher, often took students to his 40-acre farm. In 2005, one student reported that Brill rubbed lotion on her when they sunbathed. A second student said that in 2003, Brill had her wear a white T-shirt and step into a kiddie pool. She said he then splashed water on her chest. Investigators could not substantiate that either incident was sexual, although the students said he touched them.

Outcome: The state suspended his license until 2012, but he can return to the classroom two years earlier if he seeks counseling.

Allegation: During his first year of teaching, in the 2003-04 school year, he seduced a 17-year-old girl. He also hosted several parties at his apartment, where students drank alcohol and smoked marijuana. He kissed and fondled other girls from his school. A parent reported his behavior to school officials.

Outcome: He pleaded guilty to sexual battery and served two years in prison. The judge denied all requests for early release. Dunbar also surrendered his teaching license.

Whereabouts: He was released from prison in August.

Response: Dunbar declined to comment but told a judge in 2005: "I understand that I was the adult in this situation. I was the leader, playing a leadership role, and I made the wrong decision."

Allegation: Emerick befriended a small group of high-school students, bought liquor for them and hosted parties at her apartment. At least once, the students watched porn there, too. While investigating the pornography, police found that she had had sex with one of the boys. "It was a mutual thing, it surprised both of us. We did not expect this to happen," Emerick wrote in her police statement in 2005. "We just started kissing, hugging, touching, then it just happened. We do love each other very much, and it felt right."

Outcome: She was found guilty of three counts of sexual battery in 2005, sentenced to five years probation and labeled a sexual offender. Her license was revoked the same year.

Whereabouts: Emerick lives in Trenton, near Cincinnati, and has told authorities that she works at Jungle Jim's International Market in Fairfield.

Allegation: In 2006, Murphy talked dirty online to two students. Using graphic descriptions of sex acts, "amurphy34" pleaded with a girl to let him perform oral sex on her. "You are just so sexy," he typed. "Why am I such a pervert?" In instant messages to a male student, the teacher propositioned him and told him he was aroused. "What would you want to do if we hooked up?" the teacher asked the boy. Murphy told police that he did nothing wrong.

Outcome: His license was revoked in April 2007.

Whereabouts: lives in Springfield and works with computers

Response: "I've been trying to put it behind me. It's something I didn't do and I feel like I've been paying for something that I didn't do," Murphy said. "I just felt like I was stabbed in the back by the school, and I didn't ever want to be put in a situation where I could be accused of something."

Sources: Ohio Department of Education and Springfield police records

Brian S. Teeling

Date of birth: Dec. 7, 1965

School: Archbishop Hoban High School in Akron

Job: business and computer teacher, assistant football coach

Allegation: Known among female students as a flirt, Teeling poured on the charm for a 16-year-old cheerleader during the 2000-01 school year. He set up a special e-mail account for her to write him: "hottie4u777." He eventually enticed her into bed, and they carried on a 10-month sexual affair. They had sex at a budget motel and at his house, where he lived with his wife and children. Once discovered, the teen told police that she was a victim. "He made me feel like I was special, and I believed him."

Outcome: He pleaded guilty in 2002 to four counts of sexual battery and was placed on probation for five years. He also was ordered to avoid contact with children and his teaching license was stripped.